In 1982, filmakers Sheldon Renan and Academy Award nominee Leonard Schrader (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, MISHIMA, BLUE COLLAR) created a graphic and provocative examination of America's history with and penchant or senseless violence, mass shootings and cold-blooded murder. It was condemned as exploutive and obscene (The New York Times), acclaimed as among the most controversial documentaris in history of cinema Fantasia Festival), and never distributed, televised or made available for sale in the United States.